[caption id="attachment_30255" align="alignright" width="180"] The Argentine-French actress Bérénice Bejo (L) and Iranian actor Ali Mosaffa in a screen shot of ‘The Past’[/caption]
TEHRAN (FNA)- Nine Films advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for Hollywood's 86th Academy Awards, while 'The Past' isn't in the list to the surprise of many.


The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has unveiled its short list of foreign-language contenders and nine films are semi-finalists to grab an Oscar nomination on Jan. 16.

As usual, there are surprises, and there will be howls of protest and head-scratching as some excellent films like 'The Past' from Iran was absent from the list.

The nine films are:

Belgium: “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van Groeningen, director

Bosnia and Herzegovina: “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” Danis Tanovic, director

Cambodia: “The Missing Picture,” Rithy Panh, director

Denmark: “The Hunt,” Thomas Vinterberg, director

Germany: “Two Lives,” Georg Maas, director

Hong Kong: “The Grandmaster,” Wong Kar-wai, director

Hungary: “The Notebook,” Janos Szasz, director

Italy: “The Great Beauty,” Paolo Sorrentino, director

Palestine: “Omar,” Hany Abu-Assad, director

By Fars News Agency 

 

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